If the height is anywhere near accurate to what they reported, I'm disappointed. "bigger than 13 inches" is a little vague about the possible height, but unless it's about 18.5 inches or so, it's still too short I think. Hasbro's mentioned wanting to do this in the past in Q&A's I believe (possibly from us IIRC), so I'm not surprised it's rumored, but at the moment I'm also not holding my breath. So many rumors these days are unreliable... This one seems a little more valid I guess, but still I'm reluctant to believe a lot that's posted anymore.

The two-packs for Clone Wars were also mentioned. I'm wondering if they're replacing the ones with the droid if they come true?

Anyway, I'd love a scaled AT-ST, and the rumored price I'm ultimately ok with if it's as nice as I could imagine it being, but unless it's to-scale I'm not picking it up for $50. It has to be pretty perfect for that.

Although there are always so many rumors, I'm really hoping that this one holds true. I've been hoping to see a few more upgrades to some of the OT ships, and like Jesse (and others) have mentioned in the past, the AT-ST, Snowspeeder, etc. seem like ones that are "do-able". It sounds like it could have some nice features, and if they get the scale close to right it could really be a nice vehicle. I wonder if this is one of the "exciting exclusives" that Hasbro mentions when asked about possible OT vehicles this year.

If the height is anywhere near accurate to what they reported, I'm disappointed. "bigger than 13 inches" is a little vague about the possible height, but unless it's about 18.5 inches or so, it's still too short I think.

Yup. Sounds like they can keep my would-have-been-2-sales on the shelf.

Exactly, which makes me suspect the rumor a little bit, or the details the rumor entailed at least. I'd imagine we get something better for $50... 13 inches barely improves what we already have, and really makes for a tiny toy.

Yeah, I sort of thought that if they were going to tool an all new vehicles - let alone a large $50 or more vehicle - it would be a mass retail release. Maybe they are going to do things like this with exclusives now (since, for the most part, OT vehicles are pretty sparse these days), but in the past exclusives have been things more along the lines of the upcoming Wedge X-Wing. A vehicle that has already been released, is minorly tweaked with paint apps and includes an exclusive figure.

I hope that the overall concept of the new AT-ST isn't part of the joke, and that is indeed on the way at some point. I'd just as soon it not be a Wal-Mart exclusive though, overall those seem to be the most hit and miss of all retailer exclusives around here.